Lonzo Ball’s jump shot was hardly a thing of beauty when he arrived in the NBA, but his results for the Los Angeles Lakers have thus far been uglier than expected. Still, with so much on the 20-year-old’s plate during his rookie campaign, Magic Johnson knows better than to add a new shooting form to Ball’s basketball diet just yet.

“He’s been shooting that way his whole life, so what we wanted to do is just let him play his game, let him shoot the way he has been shooting and hopefully it will go in.” Johnson said Monday during an appearance on ESPN Radio’s “Mike and Mike.” “We’re not gonna mess with it. We’re gonna let him play his game. If after the season he’s not shooting well, then we’ll sit down with him and say, ‘Hey, let’s maybe look at a different way’ or ‘Let’s try to improve the way you are shooting.'”

The Lakers legend and president of basketball operations added that “we don’t wanna mess with his shot. He’s proven that he’s knocked that shot down and we want to encourage him to keep shooting.”

Ball was an excellent shooter during his freshman year at UCLA, when he finished 55.1 percent of his field-goal attempts and drained 41.2 percent of his three-point tries. His percentages slipped considerably at this year’s Las Vegas Summer League (38.2 percent from the field and 23.8 percent from three in six games) and during his two preseason appearances (33.3 percent from the field, 25.0 percent from three).

Through his first 13 regular-season NBA games, Zo had converted an abysmal 31.4 percent of his attempts overall and just 25.0 percent of his triples. He did, however, shoot 7-of-12 from the floor (3-of-5 from three) while posting a triple double (19 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists) against the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday.

If his previous outing against the Phoenix Suns (29 points on 12-of-27 shooting, 4-of-9 from three) is any indication, Ball could keep his hot hand going against Arizona’s resident squad on Monday night. At that point, perhaps all the hoopla around Lonzo’s early struggles will subside, and Magic won’t have to worry about reworking the No. 2 pick’s funky mechanics.